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Water Meter

27-09-2006, 18:01 PM

WE HAVE JUST RETURNED TO OUR PROPERTY HAVING HAD A TENANT IN PLACE FOR 10 MONTHS ON I THINK A 2 MONTH ROLLING TENANCY THROUGH AN AGENT. WE HAVE JUST FOUND OUT THAT 2 WEEKS BEFORE THEY MOVED OUT THEY HAD A WATER METER FITTED ALTHOUGH THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GIVE PERMISSION UNDER THE TENANCY AGREEMENT BUT THE WATER BOARD WILL NOT NOW REMOVE IT!! ANY ADVICE AS WE HAVE A FAMILY AND THIS WILL GREATLY INCREASE OUR WATER BILL

WE HAVE JUST RETURNED TO OUR PROPERTY HAVING HAD A TENANT IN PLACE FOR 10 MONTHS ON I THINK A 2 MONTH ROLLING TENANCY THROUGH AN AGENT. WE HAVE JUST FOUND OUT THAT 2 WEEKS BEFORE THEY MOVED OUT THEY HAD A WATER METER FITTED ALTHOUGH THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GIVE PERMISSION UNDER THE TENANCY AGREEMENT BUT THE WATER BOARD WILL NOT NOW REMOVE IT!! ANY ADVICE AS WE HAVE A FAMILY AND THIS WILL GREATLY INCREASE OUR WATER BILL

Comment

Just wanted to say i think there may be a way out of having to have the water meter, my mum had one fitted and in the small print it said if she found that within the first 12 months is was more expensive for her to have the meter then it could be removed. i rang the water company regarding a meter bill for her the other day and it turns out her bill is bigger with the meter than before and they reminded us it could be removed so thats what they are doing.
So may be worth ringing them to find out if they will remove it but you may have to try it out first IYSWIM

It is for the tenant to surrender their lease, and then for the landlord to accept (or not). A s21 notice by itself, and for that matter a tenant leaving as a result of the notice is probably not sufficient to meet the standard required for surrender by operation of law.

This is a bit of an unusual situation and I'm not sure what to do... long story short, my tenant stopped paying their rent in June and has given me several reasons why they couldn't pay. I tried my best to be accommodating, as I thought it's best to do that and try to come to an amicable arrangement...

I've heard that one before.
It's always mistaken.
Any tenant would take care the property they rent, in fact they have to (the property has to be returned in the condition it was given less fair wear and tear otherwise the landlord can claim compensation - regardless of who the tenant is)....

In English law, the principle is, essentially, that the law is what it says, not what was meant.
When you read appeals cases, the amount of time spent looking at definitions and trying to match the precise wording to the precise situation is testament to this.